Sen. Jeff Klein, GOP float Senate partnership

12:07 PM,
Nov. 28, 2012

Written by

Jon Campbell
| Albany Bureau

Republicans and a breakaway caucus of four Democrats are floating the idea of a "coalition government" in the state Senate as control of the chamber remains in flux and a key race heads to the courtroom.

In a radio interview today, Sen. Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton, said a member of the four-member Independent Democratic Conference made a "powerful statement" when signaling he was open to partnering with the GOP to control the chamber in 2013.

"We might have a great coalition government moving forward when we come back in January," Libous, who heads the Senate GOP's campaign efforts, said on ...